CURRENT MISSION

Be the change I want to see...

ABOUT ME

Hobbies include anything outdoors, and if there's water involved, even better... I love to camp and hike and ride horses. Sailing, canoeing and kayaking are long-time passions: any day on a boat is a good day. Music is probably my most intense interest: I love going to shows - especially outdoors - and there are not many bands/artists that I wouldn't be up for seeing.

I am smart, focused, and up for anything
Born in Marin County, grew up East Coast, raised primarily by a single mother. This provided much varied life experience, and developed appreciation for varying viewpoints. many different environments and locales built keen interest in the power and processing of perception and judgment.

travel all over the U.S. and points abroad widens perspective and stokes my passion for experiential learning. I am addicted to relevant information – specifically its conversion to knowledge and eventual use/application. Never short on opinions, nor shy to speak my mind, I am in hot pursuit of greater understanding.

Experience has been my greatest teacher. I believe opinions are the sum of the bearer’s experience. lessons and insights lurk in every thoughtful discussion.

I fled an excellent job that entailed 70-80 hour weeks in search of daily pursuits that better support my happiness, and my capacity to spread it.

PHILOSOPHY

There is only now.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

my experience thus far has been amazing... surfed several times, and look forward to hosting as soon as I have a bit more space to offer.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

since college I was primarily a hotel guy, but material trappings were both cause and symptom of my diminished happiness in recent years so my mind - and options - are totally open at this point.

Interests

see above

visited 43 states (86%)Create your own visited map of The United States

• horses
• boating
• traveling
• music
• outdoor activities
• hiking
• canoeing
• kayaking
• camping
• sailing
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

* how to choose the list?! I'll just go with what comes to me in the moment... a solid mix for each group. *

books:
confederacy of dunces
the corporation
then we came to the end
creativity
the magus
finding flow
the mystery of consciousness
understanding media
on language
choke
democracy in america
the stuff of thought
people's history of the united states
the archetypes and the collective unconscious
the art of possibility
the power of now

music:
classics - smiths, cure, DM, new order, morrissey, zeppelin, the who, stones, beatles, eagles, journey, michael jackson, g'n'r, nirvana, PJ, 3eB, sublime, stone roses, radiohead, RHCP

indie - temper trap, spoon, titus andronicus, school of seven bells, metric, florence and the machine, rinocerose, minus the bear, the low anthem, thermals, thievery corp, peter bjorn and john, shins, camera obscura, matt pond pa, the bird and the bee, LCD soundsystem, rob crow, broken bells, hot chip, tiny vipers, broken social scene, dum dum girls, brand new, belle & sebastian, white rabbits, massive attack, mike doughty, say anything, minutemen, vampire weekend, yeasayer, annie, apostle of hustle, tokyo police club, arcade fire, CSS, cold cave, sons & daughters, deadmau5, death cab, built to spill, idlewild, hockey, TV on the Radio, two tongues, the gossip, islands, la roux, kings of convenience, love is all, the mountain goats, new pornographers, passion pit, phoenix

movies:
the usual suspects, the corporation, american history x, the game, being john malkovich, boiler room, basketball diaries, boondock saints, a clockwork orange, dead poets society, dogtown and z-boys, dumb and dumber, election, fast times at ridgemont high, ferris bueller's day off, fight club, fletch, goodfellas, friday, groundhog day, hoosiers, king of new york, jurassic park, magnolia, manufacturing consent, meet the parents, michael clayton, monty python & the holy grail, new jack city, vacation, animal house, office space, old school, primal fear, pulp fiction, raising arizona, reservoir dogs, riding giants, what the bleep do we know?!, say anything, rules of attraction, scarface, seven, fargo, singles, sixteen candles, silence of the lambs, star wars, suicide kings, swingers, taxi driver, there's something about mary, this is spinal tap, tommy boy, trading places, true romance, waking life, wall street, 28 days later

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

had monkeys on my back in the jungles of Bali.

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